Re: 2nd TEST MATCH : SRI LANKA -v- ENGLAND @ SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB, COLOMBO
There is a big cry about Peterson's catch, who was the Umpire responsible for the wrong decision? and who should have referred to the third Umpire? Any idea if you have seen the match?
umpires for this match are DJ harper and aleem dar.
Vaas to Pietersen, OUT, and the plan has worked, it's a brilliant piece of work at slip, but wait, there's controversy. Pietersen went for a drive at a wide ball, nicked to the third slip, Silva, who dived to his left and grabbed the catch low to the turf, it bobbles up and Sangakkara comes from first slip to take the rebound. Pietersen waits as the umpires consult, Harper raises his finger, but TV replays show the ball appears to have brushed the ground before the initial take by Silva. Pietersen waits inside the boundary, as he did at Lord's earlier this year against India, but there's no overturning this decision and he's off
KP Pietersen c Sangakkara b Vaas 1 (6m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 20.00
as you can read, harper was the umpire in the middle while dar was the leg umpire. harper did consulted with dar and upheld his decision against pietersen. he did not refer to the 3rd umpire bcos that is only possible if both umpires differ in their opinions. in this case seems like dar too had the view that it was a clean catch thus harper went with his initial decision.